The Son of God spoke everything into existence and then entered into his universe by coming to earth through a virgin birth. While on earth he demonstrated who he was in some interesting ways. One of those ways was by performing miracles. One of those was the calming of the storm: 23 And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. 25 And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” 26 And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?” (Matthew 8:23 – 27 ESV).
What person living on earth or who has ever lived, except Jesus, was or is able to stand in the face of a storm and speak words and have it become completely still? The one who designed and put into place the ability to have storms would also have the ability to speak words and have them stop immediately. Consider the power to stop the storm and to calm the rough sea. At first the men were afraid because of the storm, but Mark records that they “became very much afraid” (Mark 4:41) because of one who has just demonstrated such great power. The men are now faced with trying to figure out who Jesus really is. They said to one another, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”
If we are honest this is a question we all need to consider. Is this a true historical event? If not then the Bible is of little value and neither would life have any lasting value. We need to start thinking about what gives purpose to life to make it worth living. We will look at this in future lessons.
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